English

Phrase

I tell a lie

1. (chiefly Britain) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.

   I travelled there in 1996, no, I tell a lie, in 1997.

Synonyms

• that's not right
• that's not so

Related terms

• tell a lie

See also

• I stand corrected

Translations